
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Cast

Jane Fonda
Iris King

Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox

Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon

Martha Plimpton
Kelly King

Jamey Sheridan
Joe

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert
Elaine

Loretta Devine
Bertha

Kathy Kinney
Bernice

Harley Cross
Richard King

Julie Garfield
Belinda

Karen Ludwig
Melissa

Dortha Duckworth
Librarian

Stephen Root
Mr. Hentley

Eddie Jones
Mr. Hagen
Katherine Cortez
Jan

Mary Testa
Joanne

Fred J. Scollay
Mr. Delancey
Crew

Illya Woloshyn
Loop Group Coordinator

Martin Ritt
Director
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay

Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
Pat Barker
Novel
Sidney Levin
Editor

Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Jim Van Wyck
First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
Princess O'Mahoney
Second Assistant Director

Tom Quinn
Second Assistant Director
Gregory Palmer
Second Second Assistant Director
Patrick J. Palmer
Executive Producer, Second Unit Director
Arlene Sellers
Producer
Alex Winitsky
Producer
Joel Schiller
Production Design
Lacia Kornylo
Production Controller
Harald Ortenburger
Camera Operator
Bruce MacCallum
First Assistant Camera
Chaim Kantor
Second Assistant Camera
Craig DiBona
Steadicam Operator
Dianne Crittenden
Casting

Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Steve Atha
Makeup & Hair
Lee C. Harmon
Makeup Artist
David B. Cohn
Supervising Sound Editor
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
David Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects Supervisor

John Williams
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Steve Shewchuk
Set Decoration
Leslie Bloom
Set Decoration
S. Karin Epstein
Still Photographer
Takashi Seida
Still Photographer
Susanna David
Script Supervisor
Kay Chapin
Script Supervisor

Jack Gill
Stunt Coordinator
Alicia Keywan
Art Direction
Eric W. Orbom
Art Direction
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